8. The Golden Egg

8 The Golden Egg While we were inside that whole time, the grown-ups must have been outside hiding Easter eggs. Everybody ran out of the room and gathered on the back porch around Mayor Hubble and Mrs. Bubbles. "Okay, kids," said the mayor, "there are hundreds of plastic eggs scattered all over the lawn." "And there's a little something special for you inside each one of them," said Mrs. Bubbles. Me and the gang all looked at each other and mouthed the word "candy." I licked my lips. Finally, we were going to get candy. It was about time! The servant guys came around, handing out empty bags to

当我们在屋里的时候，大人们一定在外面藏复活节彩蛋了。 所有人都跑出房间，聚集在后门廊上，围着哈勃市长和泡泡太太。 “好了，孩子们，”市长说，“草坪上到处都是塑料蛋。” “每一个里面都有一些特别的东西给你，”泡泡太太说。 我和同伴们面面相觑，用口型说出了“糖果”这个词。 我舔了舔嘴唇。最后，我们要去买糖果。 是时候了！仆人们走过来，把空袋子递给

everyone. "Oh, one thing we should mention," Mrs. Bubbles said. "There's one special egg. It's a golden egg." "Oooooh!" everybody said, because golden stuff is always cool. "What's special about the golden egg?" Ryan shouted. "You know the Burger Queen next to the mall?" asked Mayor Hubble. "I talked them into sponsoring this year's golden Easter egg." "Sponsor? What does that mean?" asked Michael. "It means that if you open up the golden egg," said Mrs. Bubbles, "you'll find some hundred-dollar bills inside. They were donated by Burger Queen." "WOW," everybody said, which is "MOM" upside down.

每一个人。“哦，有一件事我们应该提一下，”泡泡太太说。 “有一个特别的蛋。这是一只金蛋。” “哦哦！”每个人都说，因为金色的东西总是很酷。 “金蛋有什么特别之处吗？”瑞安喊道。 “你知道商场旁边的汉堡皇后吗？”哈伯市长问。 “我说服他们赞助今年的金色复活节彩蛋。” “赞助?这是什么意思？”迈克尔问。 “意思是说，如果你打开金蛋，”泡泡太太说，“你会发现里面有一些百元大钞。 它们是汉堡皇后捐赠的。” “哇，”每个人都说，这是“妈妈”的颠倒。

"How many hundred-dollar bills?" one of the grown-ups shouted. "Ten," said Mayor Hubble. Ten hundred-dollar bills? I'm glad we studied the ten times table in school. Ten times a hundred is... uh... Add a zero... Um... No, add two zeroes.... No, that's not it.... "A thousand dollars!" Andrea shouted. A thousand dollars? That's almost a million! "WOW," everybody said, which is "MOM" upside down. "Yes!" said Mrs. Bubbles. "One of you is going to go home today with a thousand dollars!" Everybody was excited, even the grown-ups. Suddenly, they all stopped drinking coffee and talking about the weather. They were putting their cups down and inching

“多少张百元大钞？”其中一个大人喊道。 “十个，”哈勃市长说。一百美元的钞票？ 我很高兴我们在学校学过十乘法表。 十乘以一百是……嗯… 加一个零…嗯…不，加两个0 .... 不，不是这样的....“一千美元！”安德里亚喊道。 一千美元？那几乎是一百万！“哇，”每个人都说，这是“妈妈”的颠倒。 “是的！”泡泡太太说。“你们中的一个今天将带着1000美元回家！”每个人都很兴奋，即使是成年人。 突然，他们都停止了喝咖啡和谈论天气。 他们把杯子放下，慢慢挪动

closer to the lawn. There was electricity in the air!* "On your mark," said the mayor, "...get set... GO GET 'EM! GO GET THOSE EGGS!" Mrs. Bubbles blew a whistle, and the next thing I knew, there were a million hundred people running all over the lawn. "Out of my way!" somebody shouted. "Let's go!" "A thousand dollars!" "Grab the eggs!" "Hurry up!" Everybody was freaking out! It was like they were giving away free candy. Oh, wait a minute. They were giving away free candy. I ran out onto the lawn and spotted a few eggs that were behind a tree. I didn't even take the time to open them up to get

靠近草坪。空气中充满了电！“各就各位，”市长说，“……预备…… 去找他们！去拿那些蛋！”泡泡太太吹了一声口哨，接下来我所知道的是，有一百万人在草坪上跑来跑去。 “别挡道！”有人喊道。 “我们走吧!”“一千美元！”“抓住鸡蛋！”“快点!”每个人都吓坏了！就像他们在送免费糖果一样。 哦，等一下。他们在分发免费糖果。 我跑到草坪上，发现树后面有几个鸡蛋。 我甚至都没花时间打开

the treats out before I scooped them up and put them in my bag. I wanted to find more eggs. Those first graders were monsters at the egg roll, but you should have seen the parents at the egg hunt. They were all shoving each other, elbowing each other out of the way, tripping over each other, and trampling over the flowers and bushes. They all had crazy looks in their eyes. I hadn't seen grown-ups act like this since the last time my dad was late for work and he couldn't find his car keys.

在我把它们捞起来放进包里之前，我先把它们取出来。 我想找到更多的鸡蛋。 那些一年级学生滚彩蛋时简直是怪物，但你真该看看那些家长在找彩蛋时的样子。 他们互相推搡，用胳膊肘把对方推开，互相绊倒，踩在鲜花和灌木上。 他们的眼神都很疯狂。 自从上次我爸上班迟到找不到车钥匙后，我就没见过大人这样了。